Chapter 43 The rebel army storms Qi County
Although Wei Fan, the county lieutenant of Qixian County, is not a powerful figure, his advantage is stability.
In the uprising of Daze Township, he was the first to receive the information from Qi County, which was closest to Daze Township.
But he did not take the initiative to suppress it, but closed the city gate without seeking merit but without fault, waiting for the arrival of those thugs.
It has been less than a day since the uprising in Daze Township.
But the county lieutenant Wei Fan knew that these thugs would definitely attack the county seat.
Therefore, he assigned military tasks early, strengthened the county's defense, and reported any trouble immediately.
And his boss, the county magistrate, sent the uprising in Daze Township to Xianyang early, waiting for instructions from above.
The closure of the city gate made the people in the city panic, but fortunately, after the persuasion of the county magistrate, the people in the city were at ease and began their daily life.
It was night, Wei Fan hung a bronze long sword on his waist, and was patrolling the city with more than a dozen personal soldiers.
He didn't dare to relax, because the night was the most dangerous.
On this night, on the city wall of Qi County, more bonfires were lit than every night before, in order to be able to patrol well.
On top of the wall, a bonfire was lit every dozen steps, illuminating the entire city as bright as day.
There are about 5,000 armorers in the Great Qin armor of Qi County, and at this moment, all the armorers have been transferred to the edge of the city, and if they encounter a sneak attack, they can fight with all their strength at any time.
At this time, the cold wind of late autumn is already very cold.
The autumn wind blew, and the armor soldiers guarding the city were all verbose.
The moon in late autumn is very bright, and the moonlight is sprinkled on the cold city wall, and there is an indescribable loneliness.
In this area, the lights are bright outside the city, and the rest of the city is swallowed up in darkness.
There is an unspeakable sense of danger.
After Wei Fan took his own soldiers to inspect it, he then said loudly: "Cheer up the captain, don't be lazy!" Maybe the thugs will sneak up tonight, so don't sleep, or tomorrow you'll be cold corpses. ”
"Boss, wouldn't you be too worried? Will the thugs storm the walls? "These armor soldiers all get along with Wei Fan, and Wei Fan, as an officer, is usually quite easy-going, so these armor soldiers began to ask.
"Hmph, little Liuzi, if you don't believe me, then you can sleep, I see that you will not be able to see tomorrow's sun tomorrow, you don't want to marry the Chen family in the village next door to you?"
"Haha......"
With Wei Fan's words, everyone laughed.
"I ...... I ......" Xiao Liuzi was blushing by everyone and was speechless.
At this time, Wei Fan saw that the joke was also opened, so he solemnly reminded the more than 100 night watchmen at the juncture, "Keep your eyes bright, in short, it's right to be eye-catching!" ”
"Yes......"
More than 100 armorers all spoke in unison.
However, before the words fell, a sharp sound suddenly came from outside the wall.
"Not good!" These experienced veterans exclaimed.
But the arrow came up anyway.
'Whoosh ......'
Wei Fan instinctively tilted his head, and a strong wind almost brushed against his scalp.
Wei Fan, who was in a hurry, hurriedly turned his head to take a look, but saw a thumb-thick wolf tooth arrow, several inches deep into the pillar, and the feathers at the end of the arrow were still trembling violently.
It seems that the other party guessed correctly, this arrow is for his own leader.
However, when this wave of arrows rained down, more than a dozen of them couldn't dodge, and they were killed and injured in an instant.
Immediately, the enemy did not give them a chance to breathe.
The next moment, a sizzling screech resounded from the night sky.
"Dodge, dodge!"
The veterans were shouting loudly.
And Wei Fan, who came back to his senses, raised his head to the sky hoarsely and howled, "The enemy attacked, ordered the armor soldiers behind to come to support, crossbowmen, crossbowmen!" He gave the order as he ducked under the battlement.
The next moment, a dense rain of arrows like locusts had fallen from the sky, but this time because it was the second wave of arrow rain, most of them hid behind the battlements, so there were basically no casualties.
At this time, the horn used for the herald to blow the horn "Woo woo woo ......" in a panic instantly spread throughout the city.
The 5,000 armor soldiers who were just behind the city got up one after another, and then rushed up to the city.
The first to come up were more than a thousand crossbowmen who did not rest.
The more than 1,000 crossbowmen quickly found the best position and prepared to counterattack, but because of the darkness in front of the city, they could not find the enemy's target at all.
Almost at the same time, trumpets sounded outside the gate, and tens of thousands of torches were lit at the same time.
In the light of the fire, thousands of rebel soldiers carried hundreds of simple long ladders, like a flood that broke the embankment, swept towards Qi County, and behind the group of rebel dead, thousands of crossbowmen began to wait.
Wei Fan, who was hiding on the side, looked at it, and instantly felt cold in his heart, he didn't expect that the other party had more crossbowmen than on his side.
So, the experienced Wei Fan immediately shouted loudly: "Extinguish the fire, extinguish the fire, let's not expose ourselves to those enemy crossbowmen!" ”
It has to be said that this order is very witty.
If the torch is extinguished, the opponent's crossbowmen will not be able to accurately find the exact point of shooting, which will reduce some casualties.
In an instant, dozens of veterans quickly went to extinguish the torches, leaving only seven or eight places to illuminate, which were to replace the sharp arrows for their own crossbowmen.
However, the third wave of arrows from the other side rained down on them like locusts, and at this time, those Great Qin armor soldiers also rushed to the city, ready to start defending against those rebels.
However, at this time, under the cover of those arrows, the rebel army began to pounce under the city walls.
And the Great Qin crossbowmen in the city also quickly fought back.
However, what is depressing is that these rebels actually used simple wooden shields made of wooden planks, which effectively reduced casualties!
Finally, the locust-like rebels rushed under the city walls under the cover of hundreds of improvised wooden shields.
Soon, thousands of rebels poured under the wall, and long ladders were quickly erected, and a hundred paces away, the archers of the rebel army finally began to retreat, because if they continued to cover the head of the city with arrows, they would inevitably accidentally injure the rebels who were preparing to rob the county seat.
The bloody siege began.
At this time, Wei Fan, the county lieutenant in the city, was a little desperate, because he found that there were tens of thousands of enemies!
Where can he, a single 5,000 Great Qin Armor Warrior, be able to resist it?
Could it be that this time it is really going to be swallowed up by the rebels?
Wei Fan's heart felt heavy.
"Kill, don't let the enemy attack the wall, or we will be defeated!" Wei Fan shouted as he shot an enemy who rushed under the wall and died.